Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-04-04

VIRGINIA NEWS.

P H. ROusS died on FRIDAY At us nome
near Nippon, Jefferson county, ". Va, aged
81 years.
Alex. Harlow was ahot and badly wound
ed at Goshen, Saturday, by Sandy Condor,
who was drunk.
Edward W. Gusts, of Eastyille, Accomac
county, made an assignment Saturday III
abilities s., 1000; nominal assets $4,000.
Frank NJ. Young, one of the oldest and
most prominent merchants of the Valley,
died in Stanton Saturday, of consumption
Us. Davis's dry goods establishment,
with its contents, and Jas. W.. GaVer's
dwelling. house and furniture were destroyed
by fire 10 Berryville at 8 o'clock yesterday
morning. The loss is estimated ut Sl0,O0o
and partly insured.
Yesterday morning, 10 Norfolk, negro
named Johns had his throat cut with a razor
bv another negro with whom he bad tight,
and is believed TO be fatally injured. me
negro who did the cutting is in Jail. Jeni
ousy caused the row.
The steamer Duke of Buckingham has
been due at Newport News since March 8,
making her overdue twenty-eight days.
The steamship Duke of Westminster, which
sailed from Liverpool since the Bucklng
ham, has landed at Newport News and Is
now on her return trip.
The trial OF Ritenour, charged with the
murder of Young Broy near Winchester last
December. will begin to-day. One hundred
and sixty.fve witnesses will testify. The
members of the jury have been summoned
from the lower portion of Frederick county,
away from the scene of the murder.
A representative of a New York and Bos-
4. hoo a 20 t,p
burg. on the river, where works of different
kinds are to be located, and in which the
syndicate will invest over SlOO,OOO. The
same syndicate ia negotiating for the pur-
chase Of the upper Appomattox canal prop.
erty.
The Richmond correspondent of the Pc
| tersburg Inder appeal says regret to say
that but few people seem to think that the
debt negotiations will amount to much. 1t is
feared that our committee will 60 into the
conference too much handicapped, but still
thew hope for the best 1t would be we'll If
there could be given good expressions Of
public opinion during the recess.
A medicine chest. lot of oars, steering
gear, lookipg-glass, pictures, pillows,
lounges, chairs, camp. stools and vegetables
of all kinds were washed up on the beach at
Lynn Haven on Saturday. All of the fur
niture has the appearance of having come
from some finely equipped vessel, hut no
name or marks appear on any of the articles
washed up, except one camp stool, on which
are painted the initials m. C."
On Saturday Governor Lee. upon the re-
communication of several prominent physi-
clans, granted pardon to William r.
Smith, who was confined in the penitentary
for committing fraud in the State Auditors
office. The papers were forwarded to Sup.
erintendent Moses in the afternoon, and
about half past o'clock Smiths wife called
| for her husband and took him home in
hack. He was very much affected when he
met his wife, whom he had not seer since his
incarceration in the penitentiary.
Horace II. George, of Charlottesville,
retired merchant of large means, committed
suicide yesterday morning. Hetook shot
gun into the woodhouse and shot himself in
the head, the charge entering under the
chin and coming out back of the left ear,
making frightful wound. He was found
cropping about the woodhouse, but died in
bali an hour. He had accumulated large
property. He married daughter of MIR.
James Alexander the veteran editor, and
SIZE and several children survive him.